Column Goes Halfway Over the Hill with Humor
Los Angeles, CA (ContentDesk) June 21, 2004 -- When a close friend celebrated her 50th. birthday by scheduling Botox treatments, Jena Ball was bemused.
When her mother complained about all the junk mail trying to sell her burial plots, electric wheelchairs, and hearing aids, she laughed.
Then a cashier at the local deli gave her a senior discount 15 years too early and she realized that old age stereotyping was getting out of hand."Some major debunking needed to be done," says Ball, "and I decided I was the one to do it."The result was "Halfway Over the Hill," a humorous, 600-word column that has been running in Southern California papers for six months, and is now available nationwide. From the start, the column has been a hit with readers who like Ball's amusing approach to the topic of aging."I really, really like your column," says Valerie Haecky of Santa Cruz.
"It offers a wonderful shift in perspective.""Thank you for your column," writes Jane Weissman of Pasadena.
"I reinvented my life at 48, went back to school, and became a nurse at 52.
I'm now 58 and on my third career. Hardly a day goes by that a coworker doesn't tell me how good I'd look if I'd just dye away the gray and use pancake make-up. My response has been, just as you said, that I've earned every wrinkle and gray hair, and have no intention of doing away with them.
So, you've validated the opinions of the men in my life and supported my satisfaction with being able to relax with who and what I am. Thank you again.""Just a note to say how much I'm enjoying your articles," says Barbara Krystich of La Canada.
"Nice to know that there is someone who feels the same.
Can you imagine a nation of 50 ? 72-year-old Barbie doll wanna bes walking around?
The thought has me laughing as I write this.
Please keep similar columns coming!"But Ball hasn't confined herself to the elderly set.
"People of all ages do funny, puzzling, and downright nutty things all the time," she says.
"My job is to capture those things in a way that helps people laugh and see themselves in new and thought provoking ways."
To date she has tackled a wide range of subjects including public displays of eccentricity, defensive driving, evolving tastes, senior dating, and thongs.With the number of older Americans increasing dramatically as the baby boomers begin entering their early 60s (by 2030 it is projected that one in five people will be 65 or older) the timing for a column like Halfway Over the Hill couldn't be better.
"People in my generation," says baby boomer Debra Weber, "don't want to read about our bodies falling apart.
We want to celebrate life, and that's just what Jena's column does."
Jena Ball is a freelance journalist with more than 20 years experience penning everything from weekly restaurant reviews and business profiles to feature articles and travel/adventure essays.
She is also the founder of an online school for journalists called "The Nature of Writing" (http://www.thenatureofwriting.com).
When not writing and teaching she gives talks and does interviews about the subjects covered in her column. Halfway Over the Hill will be available nationwide starting June 21st.
For more information about Jena and to read samples of the column, please visit the Halfway Over the Hill web site at: http://www.halfwayoverthehill.com/pages/1/index.htm.
To discuss the possibility of carrying Halfway Over the Hill in your paper, please contact Ball directly to discuss a price based on your distribution.Jena BallHalfway Over the HillPhone: 626-462-9392Fax: 626-609-2345E-mail: e-mail protected from spam botsURL: http://www.halfwayoverthehill.com/pages/1/index.htm.
Vegas Partner Lounge Aids in HIV Fight
Worldwide there are an estimated 42 million people living with HIV/AIDS.Within the next 20 years 70 million people may die of AIDS.AIDS has become the fourth leading cause of death in the world.Vegas Partner Lounge believes in making a difference and will once again take the lead and assist by generously donating to the Nebraska AIDS Project. In lieu of expectations, the Vegas Partner Lounge Casino group has already donated $25,000 to the Nebraska AIDS Project.In the lead up to World AIDS Day on the 1st of December 2004, Vegas Partner Lounge will be donating 25% of all online casino wins on two of our slot games at all our casinos to the Nebraska AIDS Project.
On behalf of all Vegas Partner Lounge casinos, Austin Green, Casino Manager of Sun Vegas Casino shared some details of the project . . .
"We began the charity project on 13 October 2004 and it will end on 1 December which is World AIDS Day.
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Beautysak.com Helps Lucky Magazine Readers “Do Good While They Shop”
TAMPA BAY, FL (ContentDesk) November 18, 2005 -- Readers of the current issue of Lucky Magazine will find Beautysak.com listed under the Do Good While You Shop section, in which customers can elect to contribute 30% of their qualifying Votivo purchase at Beautysak.com to the AIDS charity Project Inform.Project Inform is a national, nonprofit, community-based organization working to end the AIDS epidemic.
The organization strives to educate people living with HIV, their caregivers and their healthcare and service providers about the treatment and monitoring of HIV disease.
Since 1985, Project Inform has fought for funding for HIV research and treatment and care.
Project Inform has also served as a support system to help educate people to make the right choices and how to take action in the fight against HIV. All of the staff at Beautysak are happy to work with Lucky Magazine for this great cause. says Sofie Lefebvre, Beautysak LLC founder and President.About...
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Work From Home - Fun With Telemarketers
Copyright 2005 Elaine Currie
During the time I have spent working at home, I have encountered many telemarketers.
That's how I found out about their radar: when I went out to work telemarketers always rang in the evening while I was trying to cook or eat dinner, now they ring during the day when I am trying to work at home.
A joke that arrived in my email made me realise that I am not alone in being less than fond of telemarketers.
(In fact, they are on my list right up with lawyers and estate agents.)
I'll be sharing a few tips from this joke with you throughout this article but, if you want to read all 20 of them, you can see them at my website on the same page as this article.
I can usually identify telemarketers immediately because they will almost inevitably open with "Good morning, madam.
How are you today?"
Nobody but a telemarketer would dream of ringing a person and addressing her as "madam"...
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Remember This: Tips to Help Improve Your Memory
To understand how memory might be improved, it is a smart idea to learn about how memory works and fails. A small structure in the brain called the hippocampus is the nerve center for memory formation. That's where the crucial switching from short-term to long-term memory takes place through a process called "consolidation." Most memory diseases involve the steady deterioration of consolidation, so it may be easier to call on ancient memories and not be able to store any new ones. Can anything be done to enhance your ability to store memories? Five tips that generally improve memory are:
- Deal with stress. Continuous stress produces chemical by-products which inhibit memory.
- Get enough sleep. Dream or REM sleep gives your brain the opportunity to process new information and consolidate learning.
- Eat for memory. Certain foods are thought to improve memory performance. They include fish such as salmon and tuna, eggs, beef, chicken and bananas.
- Exercise....
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Survey Shows Russians want Greater Media Attention and Education on HIV/AIDS - Russian Media Companies Build on Efforts to Combat HIV/AIDS in 2006
(ContentDesk) October 31, 2005 -- A majority of Russians say HIV/AIDS is a problem that needs more attention and view mass media as an effective mechanism for battling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, according to a new national public opinion survey released today by Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS (TPAA), a non-governmental organization, at the 2nd annual meeting of the Russian Media Partnership to Combat HIV/AIDS held in Moscow. The Partnership, coordinated by TPAA, brings together the communication power of more than 40 Russian and international media companies to raise awareness and inform the public about HIV/AIDS through its StopSPID (StopAIDS) public education campaign.Additional key findings of the survey include:"???84% of respondents say that the numbers of Russians living with HIV/AIDS has increased during the past five years;"???70% believe AIDS is not receiving enough attention today;"???86% say they are comfortable with public discussion about the issue of HIV/AIDS;"???78% view...
Survey Shows Russians want Greater Media Attention and Education on HIV/AIDS - Russian Media Companies Build on Efforts to Combat HIV/AIDS in 2006
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SignOn: A Sign Language Interpreting Resource Launches New Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) Service
Seattle, WA (ContentDesk) October 17, 2005 -- SignOn Inc, (http://www.SignOnASL.com) a leader in American Sign Language interpreting, has launched a comprehensive Video Relay Interpreting (VRI) service providing Sign Language Interpreting for deaf people throughout the United States and Canada.The SignOn's VRI service is an easy-to-use on-demand system that uses the latest Internet videoconferencing and web-based technologies to access sign language interpreting services without an interpreter onsite. Instead of having an interpreter physically present with the deaf and hearing parties, the interpreter is located at one of SignOns offices and facilitates communication remotely via video.Individuals, companies, hospitals, schools and state and federal agencies can now easily fulfill the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and No Child Left Behind
by subscribing to the SignOn's VRI service. This new...
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800,000 Children missing, don't let your child be next. We have free videos, and safety products!!
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What You Should Know about Children's Hearing Aids
It is estimated that more than 1 million children in the U.S. have some form of hearing loss. Even if hearing loss is not very severe, this impairment in children can have a profound affect on their educations. Some children with hearing impairments may be mistaken to have learning disabilities, or assumed to be defiant or downright stubborn. Even with more and more hospitals screening newborns for hearing loss, still slip through the cracks.
Parents may not even be aware of a slight loss of hearing until other problems develop.
Fortunately, for both parents and children, many models of child hearing aids are available to consumers. The first step is to have your child evaluated by an audiologist. This specialist can determine the level of hearing loss in the child and recommend solutions and aids to help them. Children as young as a week old have been reported to have received hearing aids.
The same models offered for adults are available...
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Defining the World of Security Cameras
Finding the right security camera is difficult enough without having to wade through the terms and figure what the abbreviations and words actually mean. If you're trying to do research on a security camera and frustrated with the multitude of terms that are unknown to the average user, here's a list of the terms you'll want to know. There are many more out there, but this is enough to get you started:
DVR: Digital Video Recorder, or ?personal video recorder.' Usually used when...
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Do you use this approach to Position Contracts?
============================================================ Do you use this approach to Position Contracts? ============================================================See full color web version and even listen to this PVT, visit: http://www.SeniorManagementServices.com/pvt-94-position-contracts.html~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I couldn't wait for success... so I went ahead without it." -- Jonathan...
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Machine Embroidery Supplies
While buying an embroidery machine is the first step to successfully setting up your home embroidery center, there is a variety of machine embroider supplies that you will also require. Important machine embroidery supplies include items such as needles, thread, bobbins, hoops and backing.
Machine embroidery supplies such as needles, can be purchased by the box (usually 100 count), by the sleeve (10 needles each), or in assortment packs that contain the most commonly used needles...
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New York?s Champagne Fashion Brunch Attracts Attendees from Around the World
August 1, 2004) The Champagne Fashion Brunch series, produced by USA International Fashion Shows, saw its successful debut on June 6, 2004. Held on selected Sundays, the event has generated interest on the part of enthusiastic ticket buyers, the press and fashionistas throughout the New York area as well as from around the world. A growing number of fashion lovers from many states in the USA and from as far away as Australia have found a stylish destination on Sunday afternoons in New York, many...
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Birthday Gift For Mom
It comes once a year, and it is truly special. A mother's birthday is not to be ignored, and thankfully there are many products available to help us select a gift. Research shows that books, flowers, toys, jewelry, personalized plaques, jewelry, pens, clocks, wristwatches and gift baskets are favorite gifts to give to mom.
Red Envelope, Ever After, Love is a Rose, Personalization Mall, Things Remembered, Limoges Jewelry, Patagonia Gifts, Generous Gems and JC Penny have beautiful,...
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